| Remnants of Slavery By Jerry Pittman |
| I know before hand that I will not find favor in the opinions of the masses but as I am not running for public office I give my honest opinion on a most sensitive subject. Did God create man or did man create god in order to better control man? I believe the latter. |
“THE EYES OF THE LORD”
BY JERRY PITTMAN
Where do you begin on the subject of God?
First off I know that God as we know him in America is a remnant of the teachings the masters gave their slaves
during slavery times. It was designed to give them hope were there was none. A promise that would never be
fulfilled.
Understand that slaves had the mentality of children. No responsibilities for their own personal growth and no
knowledge of anything other that what was taught to them by their masters. The first thing the masters taught
them was fear. Physical pain from the master and eternal damnation from God.
God was a necessary part of slavery because the master could not watch his slaves all the time so he
brainwashed them to believe that God watched their every move and would punish them even worse than the
master if they did wrong.
About the same time children were told of Santa Clause and the Tooth Fairy and Witches were real and public
executions were the norm.
As time went on we grew up and learned the truth about Santa Clause and the Tooth fairy and we no longer
burn Witches at the stake but we have refused to let God go.
Like a security blanket we cling to the last most powerful remnant of slavery to give us hope in a society that
bereaves us.
Our men are beaten down and our women are brainwashed and our children are lost all for the sake of God, in
other words ” If its the lords will”, Thy will be done.
Guess who the lord is.
Ignorance is bliss. The oppressor is the Lord, always has been.
Of course there are multitudes of individuals who are well schooled in Uncle Tom 101. This includes the Gang
Banger and the Christian, Jehovahs witness and other sanctified man made religions.
All attack us at the root, neither benefits us as a people. Religion is designed to confuse and brainwash us. It is a
mental block to stop you form thinking or questioning the things that do not make sense. Its something you
chose to believe.
I ask you what would any of you know about God If someone had not brought that belief to you. What would
your perception of him or her be?
The childs response would be ” How do you think you wake up in the morning? God wakes you up in the
morning.”
This is a subject that the brainwashed slave mind cannot and will not attempt to understand because they want
to believe what they believe. They will tell you ” Man can’t explain God, God works in mysterious ways”. Go ask
the preacher, he’ll explain.
Works in mysterious ways? Kind of like the LAW? where you need a lawyer to explain all the double talk?
Nothing we do is allowed to work in mysterious ways. We have to be willing and able to explain ourselves or no
one will take us seriously. The law will not accept our existance unless we can show proof of birth and
documentation to show who we are.
No one except maybe a child accepts things on someone say so. and of course the believer.
Suppose instead of God you were told that the power was in you and you were capable of changing the world
around you. No man had the right to rule over you.
This type of thinking is considered dangerous to a government that seeks to maintain control over its population.
Therefore it is not endorsed. It is in fact discouraged to all except the elite of our society.
Additionally we would not be running to Church on sundays paying the paster to keep reinforcing the teaching of
the master on his own people.
You know the government does not charge the church tax because the church runs a government sponsored
program. Their functions is to reinforce the belief thats the Black man and woman is helpless without god and
material things have no value in heaven. The church helps to drain the community of discretionary income.
Boldly asking for a percentage of its members earnings.
The Preacher role is not unlike a pimp. The women dress themselves up like ladies of the night in their best
clothes perfume, jewelry and are giving him their money, paying for his car and home.
He will put on a show and entertain his congregation with retelling of old stories and physical theatrics. Women
keep the lie alive more than anyone else. They truly believe there is a safety net in believing in God. They know
their man cannot protect them, He cannot protect himself from the masters rule so they seek a power that has
no equal, one that can protect them. They find it in the old religious teachings of the slave masters.
They spread their belief to their children and so on. The lie becomes self perpetuating as our African American
women cling to this slave God in hopes that some day all will be made right. They truly exhibit the patience of
the biblical Job.
Do you think we would need a God if it were not for the people who introduced us to him? As decendents of
Africans are we not “worshiping strange gods in a land that is not ours?” What do we pray about? What do we do
about it?
Most men are less believers in the faith and more into the benefits of belonging to a church. They see an
opportunity for personal power within a congregation, and another way to be around women, serving god is
secondary at best.
They are less likely to be swooned by the Preacher and will from time to time challenge the preacher and point
out that the preacher too is just a man. He makes mistakes and He is subject to the same human desires as other
men. The Black man is less willing to share his womans emotional trust with another man even if he is a
preacher. He wants to be the head of his family.
That is why the black man has been targeted to be removed as head of the family.
Decent jobs are passed out to a few Black men but the majority are locked out. Only able to get minimum wage,
part time jobs or hustles.
Visit the downtown Chicago any day of the week and you can count the number of black men you see who
appear to be gainfully employed on one hand.
What you will see is a lot of black women. Women in the Offices and a few Black men working maintainance.
Look who’s getting on the buses and Els in the morning heading to work. You can see for your self the disparity
in the work force. Who do you see as clerks in the court houses? Black women today are shielded from the
brutality of discrimination the black man faces in America and few realize the effect it has on the quality of their
own lives.
In the beginning welfare would not help a black family only a fatherless black family. The woman had to provide
for her children and her job opportunities were worse for her than her counterpart. She would teach her children
to believe an have faith in the oppressors god because she knew from experience that her black man could not
provide for her and only god could provide for her in spite of the oppressor. The black man was pushed out of
the home, the woman is placed in the mans role as head of the family.
Not unlike the holy trinity “The Father Son and the Mother” became the Father son and the Holy Ghost.
She has replaced her man with the image of long dead masters or ghosts if you will, printed on a piece of paper
or stamped in metal. She knows with this “symbol or mark” she is independent and able to get anything she
wants. This is the way to true happiness. This image is ever present in our money.
What is printed or stamped on every piece of currency?
“IN GOD WE TRUST.”
The printer of the money hopes and trust that our love of money is greater than our love of self. Some people
will do anything for money. Forsaking all for what the temporary happiness money can buy, including their
family.
*Go to church every sunday, Thank God for all that is good and accept that which you cannot change. God is
something to love and fear like a parent.*
This thinking will keep us slaves to the creators of this Christian mythology. Terms like ” sheperd and the
sheep” lost lamb are designed to create a atmosphere of disorientation. It says you are to suppose to follow the
leader. You are being told you have herd animal like intelligence.
Christian Mythology. The Greeks and the Romans had theirs. We ridicule their beliefs now as others will
riducule our beliefs in the future.
Anything that we are given by our oppressors has no value to us. If there was a value to us there would be a
price tag on it and we could not afford it.
How many generations can woman survive without man? One.
How many generations can man and woman togather survive without money? Unlimited.
God and Money are links in a chain that keeps all dominated races weak and enslaved.
The slave mentality will defend God to the death even though he or she cannot prove the existance they feel
that their strength comes from faith. Thats what they were told.
That is so sad that grown men and women will not free themselves of this old slave chain.
As long as we give our power to someone else they will use it against us.
As long as submit to an oppressive rule we will never grow beyond the confines that have been designed to
encase us.
Its unlikely that it will happen in my life time. Our society is so brainwashed that we can’t see that we are our
own worst enemy. We help the oppressor oppress us, because we will not let that last link of slavery and control
go. We will attack each other both physically and verbally to protect the myth the master created for us.
Every time a Black man points out a crack in the oppressors wall of double talk, here comes a slave with a can of
spackle trying to cover it up. He or she has been well trained by the Oppressor. He or she is a slave by their own
choice.
God and the Government are one in the same.
No where can you go to find either of them but everywere you go you can find people who represent them.
The people who represent either of these entities are normally compensated with money.
The well taught slave mentality does not want money he or she feels they will recieve their reward in Heaven.
But the Oppressor wants his every month when bills are due.
If you believe in God than you probably believe in Heaven and Hell. What you don’t believe in is Aliens or
yourself. If God exists out side this planet would he not be an Alien?
What we need to emerse ourselves in science and technology. The same tools that have been used to keep us
weak and in the dark can make us a strong nation again.
The Sandman, Santa Clause, The Tooth Fairy and the Boogieman
The above are tools created to control a childs mind and God is used to stunt the adult mind from growth.
The well trained slave mind will be angry or stop reading by now because they believe what they believe, They
do not care that it is a conquerors religion forced on them through war or enslavement.
No reason to question it they just believe what they choose to believe. Its easier that way. Why rock the boat?
Or worse take the effort it would involve to try to discover your own God.
Just go which ever way the wind blows. Being spineless in America is fashionable.
African Americans belief in the oppressors God is what makes us crazy, aggressive and hated around the world.
Christianity is a hand me down religion which started in Egypt (KEMET) by our ancestors to do exactly to their
slaves what it is doing to us today, control the ignorants.
Find your own worth determine your own belief create your own value system.
Be all that you have been taught you could not be.
Each time you say you need God in your life, what you are actually saying is that need a guide in your life.
If God is your guide look at the world we live in and ask where is he guiding us too? If God would allow his son to
be crucified what kind of love can he have for us?
I could not sacrifice my children for anything, let alone something I created.
Am I to understand that out of all the people in America or the world, African Americans have been singled out
to suffer the most by God?
Some people believe we have to suffer because of the sins of our fathers and they wear their chains proudly.
Thats just more slave talk. African Americans suffer because they are content to wait for someone else to define
and solve their problems for them.
On a final note: To show just how little value was put into black race by their white captures, It was more
important for them to keep family history records for pedigreed dogs than it was to record the history of the
Black mans family. They intentionally destroyed our roots to keep us in the dark like field aminals and gave us
Christianity as a pacifier. Reject the lie.
Let God go an grow.
Dont focus on the messenger focus on the message. From my heart to yours.
BY JERRY PITTMAN
Where do you begin on the subject of God?
First off I know that God as we know him in America is a remnant of the teachings the masters gave their slaves
during slavery times. It was designed to give them hope were there was none. A promise that would never be
fulfilled.
Understand that slaves had the mentality of children. No responsibilities for their own personal growth and no
knowledge of anything other that what was taught to them by their masters. The first thing the masters taught
them was fear. Physical pain from the master and eternal damnation from God.
God was a necessary part of slavery because the master could not watch his slaves all the time so he
brainwashed them to believe that God watched their every move and would punish them even worse than the
master if they did wrong.
About the same time children were told of Santa Clause and the Tooth Fairy and Witches were real and public
executions were the norm.
As time went on we grew up and learned the truth about Santa Clause and the Tooth fairy and we no longer
burn Witches at the stake but we have refused to let God go.
Like a security blanket we cling to the last most powerful remnant of slavery to give us hope in a society that
bereaves us.
Our men are beaten down and our women are brainwashed and our children are lost all for the sake of God, in
other words ” If its the lords will”, Thy will be done.
Guess who the lord is.
Ignorance is bliss. The oppressor is the Lord, always has been.
Of course there are multitudes of individuals who are well schooled in Uncle Tom 101. This includes the Gang
Banger and the Christian, Jehovahs witness and other sanctified man made religions.
All attack us at the root, neither benefits us as a people. Religion is designed to confuse and brainwash us. It is a
mental block to stop you form thinking or questioning the things that do not make sense. Its something you
chose to believe.
I ask you what would any of you know about God If someone had not brought that belief to you. What would
your perception of him or her be?
The childs response would be ” How do you think you wake up in the morning? God wakes you up in the
morning.”
This is a subject that the brainwashed slave mind cannot and will not attempt to understand because they want
to believe what they believe. They will tell you ” Man can’t explain God, God works in mysterious ways”. Go ask
the preacher, he’ll explain.
Works in mysterious ways? Kind of like the LAW? where you need a lawyer to explain all the double talk?
Nothing we do is allowed to work in mysterious ways. We have to be willing and able to explain ourselves or no
one will take us seriously. The law will not accept our existance unless we can show proof of birth and
documentation to show who we are.
No one except maybe a child accepts things on someone say so. and of course the believer.
Suppose instead of God you were told that the power was in you and you were capable of changing the world
around you. No man had the right to rule over you.
This type of thinking is considered dangerous to a government that seeks to maintain control over its population.
Therefore it is not endorsed. It is in fact discouraged to all except the elite of our society.
Additionally we would not be running to Church on sundays paying the paster to keep reinforcing the teaching of
the master on his own people.
You know the government does not charge the church tax because the church runs a government sponsored
program. Their functions is to reinforce the belief thats the Black man and woman is helpless without god and
material things have no value in heaven. The church helps to drain the community of discretionary income.
Boldly asking for a percentage of its members earnings.
The Preacher role is not unlike a pimp. The women dress themselves up like ladies of the night in their best
clothes perfume, jewelry and are giving him their money, paying for his car and home.
He will put on a show and entertain his congregation with retelling of old stories and physical theatrics. Women
keep the lie alive more than anyone else. They truly believe there is a safety net in believing in God. They know
their man cannot protect them, He cannot protect himself from the masters rule so they seek a power that has
no equal, one that can protect them. They find it in the old religious teachings of the slave masters.
They spread their belief to their children and so on. The lie becomes self perpetuating as our African American
women cling to this slave God in hopes that some day all will be made right. They truly exhibit the patience of
the biblical Job.
Do you think we would need a God if it were not for the people who introduced us to him? As decendents of
Africans are we not “worshiping strange gods in a land that is not ours?” What do we pray about? What do we do
about it?
Most men are less believers in the faith and more into the benefits of belonging to a church. They see an
opportunity for personal power within a congregation, and another way to be around women, serving god is
secondary at best.
They are less likely to be swooned by the Preacher and will from time to time challenge the preacher and point
out that the preacher too is just a man. He makes mistakes and He is subject to the same human desires as other
men. The Black man is less willing to share his womans emotional trust with another man even if he is a
preacher. He wants to be the head of his family.
That is why the black man has been targeted to be removed as head of the family.
Decent jobs are passed out to a few Black men but the majority are locked out. Only able to get minimum wage,
part time jobs or hustles.
Visit the downtown Chicago any day of the week and you can count the number of black men you see who
appear to be gainfully employed on one hand.
What you will see is a lot of black women. Women in the Offices and a few Black men working maintainance.
Look who’s getting on the buses and Els in the morning heading to work. You can see for your self the disparity
in the work force. Who do you see as clerks in the court houses? Black women today are shielded from the
brutality of discrimination the black man faces in America and few realize the effect it has on the quality of their
own lives.
In the beginning welfare would not help a black family only a fatherless black family. The woman had to provide
for her children and her job opportunities were worse for her than her counterpart. She would teach her children
to believe an have faith in the oppressors god because she knew from experience that her black man could not
provide for her and only god could provide for her in spite of the oppressor. The black man was pushed out of
the home, the woman is placed in the mans role as head of the family.
Not unlike the holy trinity “The Father Son and the Mother” became the Father son and the Holy Ghost.
She has replaced her man with the image of long dead masters or ghosts if you will, printed on a piece of paper
or stamped in metal. She knows with this “symbol or mark” she is independent and able to get anything she
wants. This is the way to true happiness. This image is ever present in our money.
What is printed or stamped on every piece of currency?
“IN GOD WE TRUST.”
The printer of the money hopes and trust that our love of money is greater than our love of self. Some people
will do anything for money. Forsaking all for what the temporary happiness money can buy, including their
family.
*Go to church every sunday, Thank God for all that is good and accept that which you cannot change. God is
something to love and fear like a parent.*
This thinking will keep us slaves to the creators of this Christian mythology. Terms like ” sheperd and the
sheep” lost lamb are designed to create a atmosphere of disorientation. It says you are to suppose to follow the
leader. You are being told you have herd animal like intelligence.
Christian Mythology. The Greeks and the Romans had theirs. We ridicule their beliefs now as others will
riducule our beliefs in the future.
Anything that we are given by our oppressors has no value to us. If there was a value to us there would be a
price tag on it and we could not afford it.
How many generations can woman survive without man? One.
How many generations can man and woman togather survive without money? Unlimited.
God and Money are links in a chain that keeps all dominated races weak and enslaved.
The slave mentality will defend God to the death even though he or she cannot prove the existance they feel
that their strength comes from faith. Thats what they were told.
That is so sad that grown men and women will not free themselves of this old slave chain.
As long as we give our power to someone else they will use it against us.
As long as submit to an oppressive rule we will never grow beyond the confines that have been designed to
encase us.
Its unlikely that it will happen in my life time. Our society is so brainwashed that we can’t see that we are our
own worst enemy. We help the oppressor oppress us, because we will not let that last link of slavery and control
go. We will attack each other both physically and verbally to protect the myth the master created for us.
Every time a Black man points out a crack in the oppressors wall of double talk, here comes a slave with a can of
spackle trying to cover it up. He or she has been well trained by the Oppressor. He or she is a slave by their own
choice.
God and the Government are one in the same.
No where can you go to find either of them but everywere you go you can find people who represent them.
The people who represent either of these entities are normally compensated with money.
The well taught slave mentality does not want money he or she feels they will recieve their reward in Heaven.
But the Oppressor wants his every month when bills are due.
If you believe in God than you probably believe in Heaven and Hell. What you don’t believe in is Aliens or
yourself. If God exists out side this planet would he not be an Alien?
What we need to emerse ourselves in science and technology. The same tools that have been used to keep us
weak and in the dark can make us a strong nation again.
The Sandman, Santa Clause, The Tooth Fairy and the Boogieman
The above are tools created to control a childs mind and God is used to stunt the adult mind from growth.
The well trained slave mind will be angry or stop reading by now because they believe what they believe, They
do not care that it is a conquerors religion forced on them through war or enslavement.
No reason to question it they just believe what they choose to believe. Its easier that way. Why rock the boat?
Or worse take the effort it would involve to try to discover your own God.
Just go which ever way the wind blows. Being spineless in America is fashionable.
African Americans belief in the oppressors God is what makes us crazy, aggressive and hated around the world.
Christianity is a hand me down religion which started in Egypt (KEMET) by our ancestors to do exactly to their
slaves what it is doing to us today, control the ignorants.
Find your own worth determine your own belief create your own value system.
Be all that you have been taught you could not be.
Each time you say you need God in your life, what you are actually saying is that need a guide in your life.
If God is your guide look at the world we live in and ask where is he guiding us too? If God would allow his son to
be crucified what kind of love can he have for us?
I could not sacrifice my children for anything, let alone something I created.
Am I to understand that out of all the people in America or the world, African Americans have been singled out
to suffer the most by God?
Some people believe we have to suffer because of the sins of our fathers and they wear their chains proudly.
Thats just more slave talk. African Americans suffer because they are content to wait for someone else to define
and solve their problems for them.
On a final note: To show just how little value was put into black race by their white captures, It was more
important for them to keep family history records for pedigreed dogs than it was to record the history of the
Black mans family. They intentionally destroyed our roots to keep us in the dark like field aminals and gave us
Christianity as a pacifier. Reject the lie.
Let God go an grow.
Dont focus on the messenger focus on the message. From my heart to yours.
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Era of Jesus
The year one is the first year in the Christian calendar (there is no year zero), which is the calendar presently used (in unison with the Gregorian calendar) almost everywhere in the world, because of the current dominance of the Western world. Traditionally, this was held to be the year Jesus was born, however most modern scholars argue for an earlier or later date, the most agreed upon being between 6 B.C. and 4 B.C.
- 6 Herod Archelaus deposed by Augustus; Samaria, Judea and Idumea annexed as Iudaea Province under direct Roman administration [1], capital at Caesarea, Quirinius became Legate (Governor) of Syria, conducted Census of Quirinius, opposed by Zealots (JA18, Luke 2:1-3, Acts 5:37)
- 7-26 Brief period of peace, relatively free of revolt and bloodshed in Iudaea & Galilee[2]
- 9 Pharisee leader Hillel the Elder dies, temporary rise of Shammai
- 14-37 Tiberius, Roman Emperor
- 18-36 Caiaphas, appointed High Priest of Herod's Temple by Prefect Valerius Gratus, deposed by Syrian Legate Lucius Vitellius
- 19 Jews, Jewish Proselytes, Astrologers, expelled from Rome[3]
- 26-36 Pontius Pilate, Prefect (governor) of Iudaea, recalled to Rome by Syrian Legate Vitellius on complaints of excess violence (JA18.4.2)
- 28 or 29 John the Baptist began his ministry in the "15th year of Tiberius" (Luke 3:1-2), saying: "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near" (Matt 3:1-2), a relative of Jesus (Luke 1:36), a Nazirite (Luke 1:15), baptized Jesus (Mark 1:4-11), later arrested and beheaded by Herod Antipas (Luke 3:19-20), it's possible that, according to Josephus' chronology, John was not killed until 36 (JA18.5.2)[4]
Jesus began his ministry after his baptism by John and during the rule of Pilate, preaching: "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near" (Matt 4:12-17). While the historicity of the gospel accounts is questioned to some extent by some critical scholars and non-Christians, the traditional view states the following chronology for his ministry: Temptation, Sermon on the Mount, Appointment of the Twelve, Miracles, Temple Money Changers, Last Supper, Arrest, Trial, Passion, Crucifixion on Good Friday (Mark 15:42,John 19:42), Nisan 14th (John 19:14,Mark 14:2,Gospel of Peter) or Nisan 15th (Synoptic Gospels), (7Apr30, 3Apr33, 30Mar36, possible Fri-14-Nisan dates, -Meier), entombment by Pharisees Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus of the Sanhedrin, Resurrection by God on Easter Sunday, appearances to Paul of Tarsus (1Cor 15:3-9), Simon Peter (Luke 24:34), Mary Magdalene (Mark 16:9,John 20:10-18), and others, Great Commission, Ascension, Second Coming Prophecy to fulfill the rest of Messianic prophecy such as the Resurrection of the dead, the Last Judgment, and establishment of the Kingdom of God and the Messianic Age. See also Chronology of Jesus.
[edit] Era of the Apostles
- See also: Apostolic Age, Acts of the Apostles, and Paul of Tarsus
Shortly after the Death (Nisan 14 or 15) and Resurrection and Ascension of Jesus, the Jerusalem church was founded as the first Christian church with about 120 Jews and Jewish Proselytes (Acts 1:15), followed by Pentecost (Sivan 6), the Ananias and Sapphira incident, Pharisee Gamaliel's defense of the Apostles (5:34-39), the stoning of Saint Stephen (see also Persecution of Christians) and the subsequent dispersal of the church (7:54-8:8) which led to the baptism of Simon Magus in Samaria (8:9-24), and also an Ethiopian eunuch (8:26-40). Paul's "Road to Damascus" conversion to "Apostle to the Gentiles" is first recorded in 9:13-16, cf. Gal 1:11-24. Peter baptized the Roman Centurion Cornelius, who is traditionally considered the first Gentile convert to Christianity (10). The Antioch church was founded, it was there that the term Christian was first used (11:26).
- 37-41 Crisis under Caligula[5]
- 44? Saint James the Great: According to ancient local tradition, on 2 January of the year AD 40, the Virgin Mary appeared to James on a Pilar on the bank of the Ebro River at Caesaraugusta, while he was preaching the Gospel in Spain. Following that apparition, St James returned to Judea, where he was beheaded by King Herod Agrippa I in the year 44 during a Passover (Nisan 15) (Acts 12:1-3).
- 44 Death of Herod Agrippa I (JA19.8.2, Acts 12:20-23)
- 44-46? Theudas beheaded by Procurator Cuspius Fadus for saying he would part the Jordan river (like Moses and the Red Sea or Joshua and the Jordan) (JA20.5.1, Acts 5:36-37 places it before the Census of Quirinius)
- 45-49? Mission of Barnabas and Paul, (Acts 13:1-14:28), to Cyprus, Pisidian Antioch, Iconium, Lystra and Derbe (there they were called "gods ... in human form"), then return to Syrian Antioch. Map1
- 47? The Church of the East is created by Saint Thomas
- 48-100 Herod Agrippa II appointed King of the Jews by Claudius, seventh and last of the Herodians
- 49 "Since the Jews constantly made disturbances at the instigation of Chrestus,[6] he [Claudius] expelled them from Rome." (referenced in Acts 18:2)[7]
- 50 Passover riot in Jerusalem, 20-30,000 killed (JA20.5.3,JW2.12.1)
- 50? Council of Jerusalem and the "Apostolic Decree", Acts 15:1-35, same as Galatians 2:1-10?, which is followed by the "Incident at Antioch"[8] at which Paul publicly accused Peter of "Judaizing" (2:11-21)
- 50-53? Paul's 2nd mission, (Acts 15:36-18:22), split with Barnabas, to Phrygia, Galatia, Macedonia, Philippi, Thessalonica, Berea, Athens, Corinth, "he had his hair cut off at Cenchrea because of a vow he had taken", then return to Antioch; 1 Thessalonians, Galatians written? Map2
- 51-52 or 52-53 proconsulship of Gallio according to an inscription, only fixed date in chronology of Paul[9]
- 52? Saint Thomas Christians of India
- 53-57? Paul's 3rd mission, (Acts 18:23-22:30), to Galatia, Phrygia, Corinth, Ephesus, Macedonia, Greece, and Jerusalem where James the Just challenged him about rumor of teaching antinomianism (21:21), he addressed a crowd in their language (most likely Aramaic), Romans, 1 Corinthians, 2 Corinthians, Philippians written? Map3
- 55? "Egyptian Prophet" (allusion to Moses) and 30,000 unarmed Jews doing The Exodus reenactment massacred by Procurator Antonius Felix (JW2.13.5, JA20.8.6, Acts 21:38)
- 58? Paul arrested, accused of being a revolutionary, "ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes", teaching resurrection of the dead, imprisoned in Caesarea (Acts 23-26)
- 59? Paul shipwrecked on Malta, there he was called a god (Acts 28:6)
- 60? Paul in Rome: greeted by many "brothers" (NRSV: "believers"), three days later called together the Jewish leaders, who hadn't received any word from Judea about him, but were curious about "this sect", which everywhere is spoken against; he tried to convince them from the "Law and Prophets", with partial success, said the Gentiles would listen and spent two years proclaiming the Kingdom of God and teaching the "Lord Jesus Christ" (Acts 28:15-31); Epistle to Philemon written?
- 62 James the Just stoned to death for law transgression by High Priest Ananus ben Artanus, popular opinion against act results in Ananus being deposed by new procurator Lucceius Albinus (JA20.9.1)
- 63-107? Simeon, 2nd Bishop of Jerusalem, crucified under Trajan
- 63? Glastonbury Abbey founded according to tradition
- 64-68 after July 18 Great Fire of Rome, Nero blamed and persecuted the Christians, earliest mention of Christians, by that name, in Rome, see also Tacitus on Jesus, Paul beheaded? (Col 1:24,Eph 3:13,2 Tim 4:6-8,1Clem5:5-7), Peter crucified upside down? (Jn 21:18,1 Pet 5:13,Tertullian's Prescription Against Heretics chapter XXXVI,Eusebius' Church History Book III chapter I), "...a vast multitude, were convicted, not so much of the crime of incendiarism as of hatred of the human race. And in their deaths they were made the subjects of sport; for they were wrapped in the hides of wild beasts and torn to pieces by dogs, or nailed to crosses, or set on fire, and when day declined, were burned to serve for nocturnal lights." (Annals (Tacitus) XV.44)
[edit] Early Christianity
- See also: Early Christianity
- 64/67(?)-76/79(?) Pope Linus succeeds Peter as Episcopus Romanus (Bishop of Rome)
- 65? Q document, a hypothetical Greek text thought by many critical scholars to have been used in writing of Matthew and Luke
- 66-73 Great Jewish Revolt: destruction of Herod's Temple, Qumran community destroyed, site of Dead Sea Scrolls found in 1947
- 68-107? Ignatius, third Bishop of Antioch, fed to the lions in the Roman Colosseum, advocated the Bishop (Eph 6:1, Mag 2:1,6:1,7:1,13:2, Tr 3:1, Smy 8:1,9:1), rejected Sabbath on Saturday in favor of The Lord's Day (Sunday). (Mag 9.1), rejected Judaizing (Mag 10.3), first use of term Christianity (Mag 10).
- 70(+/-10)? Gospel of Mark, written in Rome, by Peter's interpreter (1 Peter 5:13), original ending apparently lost, endings added c.400, see Mark 16
- 70? Signs Gospel written, hypothetical Greek text used in Gospel of John to prove Jesus is the Messiah
- 70-100? additional Pauline Epistles
- 70-200? Didache; Other Gospels: Unknown Berlin Gospel, Gospel of Peter, Gospel of Thomas, Oxyrhynchus Gospels, Egerton Gospel, Fayyum Fragment, Dialogue of the Saviour; Jewish Christian Gospels: Gospel of the Ebionites, Gospel of the Hebrews, Gospel of the Nazarenes
- 76/79(?)-88 Pope Anacletus first Greek Pope, who succeeds Linus as Episcopus Romanus (Bishop of Rome)
- 80(+/-20)? Gospel of Matthew, based on Mark and Q, most popular in Early Christianity
- 80(+/-20)? Gospel of Luke, based on Mark and Q, also Acts of the Apostles by same author
- 88-101? Clement, fourth Bishop of Rome, wrote Letter of the Romans to the Corinthians (Apostolic Fathers)
- 90? Council of Jamnia of Judaism (disputed), Domitian applied the Fiscus Iudaicus tax even to those who merely "lived like Jews"[10]
- 90(+/-10)? 1 Peter
- 94 Testimonium Flavianum, disputed section of Jewish Antiquities by Josephus in Aramaic, translated to Koine Greek
- 95(+/-30)? Gospel of John and Epistles of John
- 95(+/-10)? Book of Revelation written, by John (son of Zebedee) and/or a disciple of his
- 100(+/-30)? Epistle of Barnabas (Apostolic Fathers)
- 100(+/-25)? Epistle of James
- 100(+/-10)? Epistle of Jude written, probably by doubting relative of Jesus (Mark 6,3), rejected by some early Christians due to its reference to apocryphal Book of Enoch (v14), Epistle to the Hebrews written
- 100-150? Apocryphon of James, Gospel of Mary Magdalene, Gospel of James, Infancy Gospel of Thomas, Secret Gospel of Mark (Complete Gospels, published by Jesus Seminar)
- 110-130? Papias, bishop of Hierapolis, wrote: "Expositions of the Sayings of the Lord", lost, widely quoted (Apostolic Fathers)
- 110-160? Polycarp, bishop of Smyrna, Letter to the Philippians, (Apostolic Fathers)
- 120? Rabbi Tarfon advocated burning the Gospels[11]
- 125(+/-5)? 2 Peter written, not accepted into canon until early 400s, drew upon Epistle of Jude, "catholic" epistle, Pastoral Epistles written
- 125? Rylands Library Papyrus P52, oldest extant NT fragment, p.1935, parts of Jn18:31-33,37-38
- 130-250? "Christian Apologists" writings against Roman religion: Justin Martyr, Athenagoras, Apology of Aristides, Theophilus of Antioch, Tatian, Quadratus, Melito of Sardis, Apollinaris Claudius, Marcus Minucius Felix, Arnobius, Epistle to Diognetus
- 132-135 Bar Kokhba's revolt: final Jewish revolt, Judea and Jerusalem erased from maps, region renamed Syria Palęstina (the term Palestine was originally coined by Herodotus), Jerusalem renamed Aelia Capitolina
- 142-144? Marcion of Sinope, bishop according to Catholic Encyclopedia, went to Rome, possibly to buy the bishopric of Rome, upon rejection formed his own church in Rome, later called Marcionism, rejected Old Testament, decreed canon of one Gospel, one Apostolicon (10 Letters of Paul) and one Antithesis[1] which contrasted the Old Testament with the New Testament, cited Western text-type, see also Expounding of the Law#Antithesis of the Law
- 150? "Western Revisor" adds/subtracts from original Acts to produce Western version which is 10% larger and found in Papyrus P29,38,48 and Codex Bezae (D)
- 150? Valentinius, most famous Christian Gnostic, according to Tertullian narrowly lost election for Bishop of Rome
- 150(+/-10)? Shepherd of Hermas, written in Rome (Apostolic Fathers)
- 155? Montanus, claimed to be the Paraclete ("Counselor") of John 14:16
- 160? Martyrdom of Polycarp (Apostolic Fathers)
- 170? Dionysius, bishop of Corinth[2] claimed Christians were changing and faking his own letters just as [he knew] they had changed the Gospels (Eusebius' EH 4 c.23 v.12;Ante-Nicene Fathers,v.8)
- 170? Tatian produces "Diatessaron" (Harmony) by blending 4 "Western" text-type Gospels into 1
- 170? Symmachus the Ebionite, new Greek translation of Hebrew Bible
- 177 Persecution in Lyon
- 180? Hegesippus
- 180-202? Irenaeus, Bishop of Lyon, combated heresies, cited "Western" Gospel text-type (Ante-Nicene Fathers)
- 185-350? Muratorian fragment, 1st extant canon for New Testament after Marcion?, written in Rome by Hippolytus?, excludes Hebrews, James, 1-2 Peter, 3 John; includes Wisdom of Solomon, Apocalypse of Peter
- 186? Saint Apollonius, used the term catholic in reference to 1 John
- 188-231 Saint Demetrius, bishop of Alexandria, condemned Origen
- 189-198 Pope Victor I, 1st Latin Pope, excommunicated Eastern churches that continued to observe Easter on Nisan 14 Quartodeciman
- 196? Polycrates, bishop of Ephesus (Ante-Nicene Fathers)
- 199-217? Caius [3] [4], presbyter of Rome, wrote "Dialogue against Proclus" in Ante-Nicene Fathers, rejected Revelation, said to be by Gnostic Cerinthus, see also Alogi
- 200? Papyrus 46: 2nd Chester Beatty, Alexandrian text-type; Papyrus 66: 2nd Bodmer, John, 1956, "Alexandrian/Western" text-types; Papyrus 75: Bodmer 14-15, Luke & John, earliest extant Luke, ~Vaticanus; 200? Papyrus 32: J. Rylands Library: Titus 1:11-15;2:3-8; Papyrus 64 (+67): Mt3:9,15; 5:20-22,25-28; 26:7-8,10,14-15,22-23,31-33
- 200? Sextus Julius Africanus
- 200? Antipope Natalius[5], rival bishop of Rome, according to Eusebius's EH5.28.8-12, quoting the Little Labyrinth of Hippolytus, after being "scourged all night by the holy angels", covered in ash, dressed in sackcloth, and "after some difficulty", tearfully submitted to Pope Zephyrinus
- 217-236 Antipope Hippolytus, Logos sect?
- 218-258 Cyprian, Bishop of Carthage, cited "Western" NT text-type, claimed Christians were freely forging his letters to discredit him (Ante-Nicene Fathers)
- 220? Clement of Alexandria, cited "Alexandrian" NT text-type & Secret Gospel of Mark & Gospel of the Egyptians; wrote: "Exhortations to the Greeks"; "Rich Man's Salutation"; "To the Newly Baptized"; (Ante-Nicene Fathers)
- 220?-340? Codex Tchacos, manuscript containing a copy of the Gospel of Judas has been written.
- 223? Tertullian, sometimes called "father of the Latin Church" because he coined trinitas, tres Personae, una Substantia, Vetus Testamentum, Novum Testamentum, convert to Montanism, cited "Western" Gospel text-type (Ante-Nicene Fathers)
- 225? Papyrus 45: 1st Chester Beatty Papyri, Gospels (Caesarean text-type, mixed), Acts (Alexandrian text-type)
- 235-238 Maximinus Thrax, emperor of Rome, ends Christian schism in Rome by deporting Pope Pontian and Antipope Hippolytus to Sardinia where they soon die
- 248-264 Dionysius, Patriarch of Alexandria see also List of Patriarchs of Alexandria
- 250? Apostolic Constitutions, Liturgy of St James, Old Roman Symbol, Clementine literature
- 250? Letters of Methodius, Pistis Sophia, Porphyry Tyrius, Commodianus (Ante-Nicene Fathers)
- 250? Papyrus 72: Bodmer 5-11+, pub. 1959, "Alexandrian" text-type: Nativity of Mary; 3Cor; Odes of Solomon 11; Jude 1-25; Melito's Homily on Passover; Hymn fragment; Apology of Phileas; Ps33,34; 1Pt1:1-5:14; 2Pt1:1-3:18
- 250? Origen, Jesus and God one substance, adopted at First Council of Nicaea in 325, compiled Hexapla; cites Alexandrian, Caesarean text-type; Eusebius claimed Origen castrated himself for Christ due to Mt19:12 (EH6.8.1-3)
- 251-424? Synods of Carthage
- 251-258 Antipope Novatian, decreed no forgiveness for sins after baptism
- 254-257 Pope Stephen I; major schism over rebaptizing heretics and apostates
- 258 "Valerian's Massacre": Roman emperor issued edict to execute immediately all Christian Bishops, Presbyters, and Deacons, including Pope Sixtus II, Antipope Novatian, Cyprian of Carthage (CE: Valerian, Schaff's History Vol 2 Chap 2 § 22)
- 264-269 Synods of Antioch, condemned Paul of Samosata, Bishop of Antioch, founder of Adoptionism (Jesus was human until Holy Spirit descended at his baptism), also condemned term homoousios adopted at Nicaea
- 265 Gregory Thaumaturgus (Ante-Nicene Fathers)
- 270? Anthony begins monastic movement
- 275? Papyrus 47: 3rd Chester Beatty, ~Sinaiticus, Rev9:10-11:3,5-16:15,17-17:2
- 276 Mani (prophet), crucified, founder of the dualistic Manichaean sect in Persia
- 282-300? Theonas, bishop of Alexandria (Ante-Nicene Fathers)
- 290-345? St Pachomius, founder of Christian monasticism
- 296-304 Pope Marcellinus, offered pagan sacrifices for Diocletian
- 303-312 Diocletian's Massacre of Christians, included burning of scriptures (EH 8.2)
- 314 Arsacid Armenia first to adopt Christianity as state religion (mainstream date; traditionally 301)
- 303 Saint George, patron saint of England, and other states
- 304? Victorinus, bishop of Pettau
- 306 Synod of Elvira, prohibited relations between Christians and Jews
- 310 Maxentius deports Pope Eusebius and Heraclius [6] [7] to Sicily (relapse controversy)
- 312 Lucian of Antioch, founded School of Antioch, martyred
- 312 Vision of Constantine: while gazing into the sun he saw a cross with the words by this sign conquer, see also Labarum, he was later called the 13th Apostle and Equal-to-apostles
- 313 Edict of Milan, Constantine and Licinius end persecution, establish toleration of Christianity
- 313? Lateran Palace given to Pope Miltiades for residence by Constantine
- 314 Council of Arles [8], called by Constantine against Donatist schism
- 314-340? Eusebius, bishop of Caesarea, church historian, cited Caesarean text-type, wrote Ecclesiastical History in 325 [9]
- 317? Lactantius
- 321 Constantine decreed Sunday as state "day of rest" (CJ3.12.2), see also Sol Invictus
[edit] Era of the Seven Ecumenical Councils
Constantine called the First Council of Nicaea in 325 to unify Christology, also called the first great Christian council by Jerome, the first ecumenical, decreed the Original Nicene Creed, but rejected by Nontrinitarians such as Arius, Theonas, Secundus of Ptolemais, Eusebius of Nicomedia, and Theognis of Nicaea who were excommunicated, also addressed Easter controversy and passed 20 Canon laws.
- 325 The Kingdom of Aksum (Modern Ethiopia) declares Christianity as the official state Religion becoming the second country to do so
- 325 Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, ordered by Constantine
- 326, November 18 Pope Sylvester I consecrates the Basilica of St. Peter built by Constantine the Great over the tomb of the Apostle.
- 328-373 Athanasius, bishop of Alexandria, first cite of modern 27 book New Testament canon
- 330 Old Church of the Holy Apostles, dedicated by Constantine
- 330, May 11: Constantinople solemly inaugurated. Constantine moves the capital of the Roman Empire to Byzantium, renaming it New Rome
- 331 Constantine commissioned Eusebius to deliver 50 Bibles for the Church of Constantinople[12]
- 335 Council in Jerusalem, reversed Nicaea's condemnation of Arius, consecrated Jerusalem Church of the Holy Sepulchre
- 337 Mirian III of Georgia, third to adopt Christianity as state religion
- 337, May 22: Constantine the Great dies. Baptized shortly prior to his death
- 341-379 Shapur II's persecution of Persian Christians
- 343? Council of Sardica
- 350? Julius Firmicus Maternus
- 350? Codex Sinaiticus(?), Codex Vaticanus(B): earliest Christian Bibles, Alexandrian text-type
- 350? Ulfilas, Arian, apostle to the Goths, translated Greek NT to Gothic
- 350? Comma Johanneum 1Jn5:7b-8a(KJV)
- 350? Aėtius, Arian, "Syntagmation": "God is agennetos (unbegotten)", founder of Anomoeanism
- 350? School of Nisibis founded
- 353-367 Hilary, bishop of Poitiers
- 355-365 Antipope Felix II, Arian, supported by Constantius II, consecrated by Acacius of Caesarea
- 357 Council of Sirmium, issued so-called Blasphemy of Sirmium or Seventh Arian Confession[13], called high point of Arianism
- 359 Council of Rimini, Dated Creed (Acacians)
- 360 Julian the Apostate becomes the last non-Christian Roman Emperor.
- 363-364 Council of Laodicea, canon 29 decreed anathema for Christians who rest on the Sabbath, disputed canon 60 named 26 NT books (excluded Revelation)
- 366-367 Antipope Ursicinus, rival to Pope Damasus I
- 367-403 Epiphanius, bishop of Salamis, wrote Panarion against heresies
- 370-379 Basil the Great, Bishop of Caesarea
- 370? Doctrine of Addai at Edessa proclaims 17 book NT canon using Diatessaron (instead of the 4 Gospels) + Acts + 15 Pauline Epistles (inc. 3 Corinthians) Syriac Orthodox Church
- 372-394 Gregory, Bishop Of Nyssa
- 373 Ephrem the Syrian, cited Western Acts
- 374-397 Ambrose, bishop & governor of Milan
- 375-395 Ausonius, Christian governor of Gaul
- 379-381 Gregory Nazianzus, Bishop of Constantinople
- 380, February 27: Emperor Theodosius issues the edict De Fide Catolica declaring Christianity as the official state religion of the Roman Empire[14]
- 380, November 24: Emperor Theodosius I is baptised.
- 381 First Council of Constantinople, 2nd ecumenical, Jesus had true human soul, Nicene Creed of 381
- 382 Council of Rome under Pope Damasus I sets the Biblical Canon, listing the inspired books of the Old Testament and the New Testament (disputed)
- 383? Frumentius, Apostle of Ethiopia
- 385 Priscillian, first heretic to be executed?
- 390? Apollinaris, bishop of Laodicea, believed Jesus had human body but divine spirit
- 391: The Theodosian decrees outlaw most pagan rituals still practiced in Rome.
- 396-430 Augustine, bishop of Hippo, considered the founder of formalized Christian theology (Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers)
- 397? Saint Ninian evangelizes Picts in Scotland
- 398-404 John Chrysostom Patriarch of Constantinople, see also List of Patriarchs of Constantinople, (Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers)
- 400: Jerome's Vulgate Latin edition and translation of the Bible is published.
- 400? Ethiopic Bible: in Ge'ez, 81 books, standard Ethiopian Orthodox Bible
- 400? Peshitta Bible in Syriac (Aramaic), Syr(p), OT + 22 NT, excludes: 2Pt, 2-3Jn, Jude, Rev; standard Syriac Orthodox Church Bible
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"The good ship Jesus:" Sir John Hawkins had the dubious distinction of becoming the first slave-ship captain to bring Africans to the Americas. Hawkins was a religious gentleman who insisted that his crew "serve God daily" and "love another". His ship, ironically called "the good ship Jesus," left the shores of his native England for Africa in October 1562. He arrived at Sierra Leone, and in a short time he had three hundred blacks in his possession. Hawkins claimed to have acquired them "partly by sword and partly by other means."[1] Again, Jesus' teachings are those of liberation and not captivity. A bound slave adorns John Hawkins' coat of arms. |
| Charles Colcock Jones |
